More similar than you think: Frog metamorphosis as a model of human perinatal endocrinology

Developmental Biology

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-195

  Buchholz, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Endocrine disruption; Glucocorticoids; Hormone interaction; Organ maturation; Thyroid hormone; Xenopus tadpole

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL INTERACTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84945228875     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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